Filifera is a suborder of hydrozoans in the order Anthoathecata. They are found in marine, brackish and freshwater habitats.
Characteristics Members of this suborder are characterised by the filiform tentacles of the polyps which do not terminate in knobs. The rose corals, family Stylasteridae, secrete calcium carbonate exoskeletons around a network of stolons.
Families
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following families are found in this suborder :
Australomedusidae Russell, 1971 Axoporidae Boschma, 1951 † Balellidae Stechow, 1922 Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850 Bythotiaridae Maas, 1905 Clathrozoellidae Peña Cantero, Vervoort & Watson, 2003 Cordylophoridae von Lendenfeld, 1885 Cytaeididae L. Agassiz, 1862 Eucodoniidae Schuchert, 1996 Eudendriidae L. Agassiz, 1862 Heterotentaculidae Schuchert, 2010 Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862 Jeanbouilloniidae Pagès, Flood & Youngbluth, 2006 Magapiidae Schuchert & Bouillon, 2009 Niobiidae Petersen, 1979 Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829 Pandeidae Haeckel, 1879 Proboscidactylidae Hand & Hendrickson, 1950 Protiaridae Haeckel, 1879 Ptilocodiidae Coward, 1909 Rathkeidae Russell, 1953 Rhysiidae (Hickson & Gravely, 1907) Similiclavidae Calder, Choong & McDaniel, 2015 Stylasteridae Gray, 1847 Trichydridae Hincks, 1868 Tubiclavoididae Moura, Cunha & Schuchert, 2007 Filifera incertae sedis
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